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Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they. Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Lyrics. Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise...
Important Quotes Explained. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. The speaker opens the poem with these lines (lines 1–3), which establish two key aspects of the villanelle form.
Light is a central metaphor in Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night." Thomas urges us to rage against the dying of the light, to hold on to hope, and to fight against the darkness that threatens to consume us.
Here, the word "gentle" means "docile," or passive and without resistance. in other words, Thomas tells readers they should not accept death passively, but instead should fight (or "rage") against it ("the dying of the light").
